Beaurepaires is an Australian and

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and

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started in 1922 by

Frank Beaurepaire Sir Francis Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (13 May 1891 – 29 May 1956) was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the ...

, a former

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swimmer for Australia and

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, with money he received for rescuing a

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victim from the water at

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. Beaurepaires is a subsidiary of Goodyear and Dunlop Tyres Australia.

Logo

Marketing

From 2018, Beaurepaires sponsored

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in the

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. In 2019, Beaurepaires became the title sponsor of the Supercars Championship event the

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, a support event to the

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. The New Zealand chain is also noted for

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featuring Australian actor Vince Martin as a spokesperson, which he has appeared for more than 25 years, particularly the (singing)

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commercials and the simplistic "This is a spoon" advert.

References

External links

Company website – Australia

Company website – New Zealand
Australian companies established in 1922 Automotive companies of Australia Automotive companies of New Zealand Service companies of Australia Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies {{NewZealand-company-stub